The fire chamber height should be neither too high nor too low
Position of fire entrance
For a two-door mud stove, the fire entrances must be positioned adjacent to each other to allow wind to
blow into both doors to collect the flames below the pot, and not through one door and out through the
other.
The fire entrances should be adjacent to each other
Chimney position
The chimney should be placed at an angle in relation to the potholes to minimize heat loss.
The chimney position should be at an angle in relation to the
potholes
(More details on mud stove construction can be obtained from “Appropriate Mud stoves in East Africa”
manual, a publication of IT Kenya).
Topic 2.3: Ceramic stove production: An example
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